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A teen-ager comes to know himself through contacts with social ills and political unrest while searching for his father in Japans capital, centuries ago. Seller Inventory # 4014082
Here is the story of Muna, an illegitimate Japanese boy, who searches for his unknown father--a samurai warrior with a chrysanthemum tattoo on his arm--during the 12th-century wars between the Genki and Heike clans. The first novel by a Newbery Medal winner, published in 1973. Illustrated.
Review: "A powerful and fascinating picture of the harsh realities as well as the beauty and excitement of feudal Kyoto."-- "School Library Journal"
Title: The Sign of the Chrysanthemum
Publisher: Bt Bound, Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Landa, Peter
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Reprint
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Landa, Peter (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0808543237I4N00
Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Landa, Peter (illustrator). Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0808543237